There is so little that one can do for the dead!

Women can do nothing that has permanence.

Never repeat a rumor before you have verified it. And if it is true, hold your tongue all the more.

A man may be outlawed for the sake of a fish net he has never seen.

There is so much one would rather not believe until one has seen for oneself whether it is true.

It is often the case with the silent children about us, that they cherish a dream which they dare not talk about.

If dead things love, if earth and water distinguish friends from enemies, I should like to possess their love. I should like the green earth not to feel my step as a heavy burden. I should like her to forgive that she for my sake is wounded by plough and harrow, and willingly to open for my dead body.